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Question: Hey, dude-who-asked-for-a-job here. I see a new version of REAPER released! Congrats. Happy playing (and coding).
Asked by eubn (79.40.196.x) on December 7 2019, 4:57pm
Reply on December 8 2019, 6:31pm:

Thanks! Comment...

Question: What is the techincal difference (implementation step) between Reaper dialogs that are following theme colors and those that don't? Is it really a huge chore to make them all consistent? :(
Asked by EvilDragon (141.138.38.x) on December 6 2019, 4:06pm
Reply on December 6 2019, 11:19pm:

If anything most of them shouldn't be colored IMO, it makes a lot of controls just look terrible. But feature latch. 1 Comment...

Question: Cocoa or GDK? which one you prefer? And which is easier for you?
Asked by Poooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooony (46.252.211.x) on December 5 2019, 6:44pm
Reply on December 6 2019, 4:36am:

Both are such a mess. I'd take Cocoa. Comment...

Question: programming, music, sleep, coffee... choose any one, only one :P
Asked by Test (104.236.195.x) on December 5 2019, 8:16am
Reply on December 6 2019, 4:36am:

Sleep Comment...

Question: Does the technical debt include the sampler?
Asked by Mommy (104.223.93.x) on December 5 2019, 2:02am
Reply on December 6 2019, 4:37am:

No, it's more like poor design decisions that affect a ton of different things and that are a huge pain to change. Comment...

Question: Am I gonna find my true love
Asked by Heri (182.253.14.x) on December 4 2019, 4:05pm
Reply on December 4 2019, 4:22pm:

Let me ask the magic 8-ball. It says "The Lobby". Comment...

Question: Does your brain understand this? bellard.org/pi/pi2700e9/pipcrecord.pdf
Asked by Will (50.84.190.x) on December 3 2019, 10:56pm
Reply on December 3 2019, 11:29pm:

Maybe 5% Comment...

Question: Hey Justin, congratulations for the new major release. I always admire the craftsmanship that goes into REAPER, kudos for all the team involved in the making. Is there a developer story or something new you learned while developing v6.0 or everything went smoothly?
Asked by Gio (79.130.175.x) on December 3 2019, 6:57pm
Reply on December 3 2019, 11:30pm:

Thanks! Well some things have been cooking a long time, so hopefully it all works. There are definitely still rough edges that will get smoothed in the next few months too. And some more technical debt to repay... Comment...

Question: You know your music player on your site - did you program an uploader or do you just manually put your tracks in a folder. Now soundcloud is decreasing track limit I want to have my own website with a player like yours.
Asked by Dream Of Sleeping (2.222.42.x) on December 3 2019, 1:33pm
Reply on December 3 2019, 3:36pm:

I have a folder on a web server, and some basic javascript to navigate through mp3s on the page etc. Comment...

Question: hey! - will you be reading/studying the> Sekret Machines:: trilogy? (by A. J. Hartley and Tom DeLonge)
Asked by beeternal (95.151.177.x) on December 2 2019, 7:12pm
Reply on December 2 2019, 8:52pm:

I haven't heard of it... I mostly read fiction though Comment...

Question: Do you think that MacBooks are overpriced? I know you can get much cheaper machines with similar performance, but I still really like the build quality and the user experience
Asked by Marioz (93.39.140.x) on December 2 2019, 6:22pm
Reply on December 2 2019, 8:51pm:

I haven't used a recent one, but my mid-2014 RMBP is very nice. Comment...

Question: Have you seen this WinAmp meme? I didn't make it, but I think it's a little funny. biptunia.com/wp-content/uploads/20...
Asked by Michael Dean (98.127.48.x) on December 2 2019, 12:46am
Reply on December 2 2019, 4:16am:

I hadn't, hah! A little, maybe. Comment...

Question: Does coffee after dinner harm our sleep quality? It tastes so good that I just can't stop.
Asked by fujimotos (153.248.135.x) on November 27 2019, 1:49pm
Reply on November 28 2019, 2:06am:

For me, yeah... I can do coffee before an afternoon nap, or before dinner (6pm, no problem), and it's OK. But after, bad times. Comment...

Question: Hi Justin, Do you use any vector computation library for audio processing? Do you think it would improve the performance?
Asked by Enrico (62.241.5.x) on November 26 2019, 1:10pm
Reply on November 27 2019, 3:27am:

Some things use SSE... Comment...

Question: Hey Justin, don't want to bother you with this Reaper question, but I'm in a pickle. I've been running Reason 5 with Reaper Rewire no problem. However, lately when I upgraded my Mac to Mojave I can't seem to find Rewire: Reason/32 anymore. It seems like the 32 bit rewire bridge has stopped working somewhere between Sierra and Mojave. Of course I can run Reason:Rewire with Reaper 32 bit, but it used to work with Reaper 64. Anyway thanks for your help
Asked by David (70.24.238.x) on November 22 2019, 4:36pm
Reply on November 22 2019, 7:02pm (edited at November 22 2019, 7:25pm):

Hmm yeah we disabled 32-bit rewire on Mojave because it was causing tons of notifications that 32-bit rewire was deprecated. We'll add an .ini file setting for the next versions that you can re-enable it ([REAPER], rewire_allow32=1)... 3 Comments...

Question: With the growing of mobile DAWS and mobile phones are getting serious on their audio subsystem, will there be a Reaper application for both iOS and/or Android anytime soon?
Asked by David (74.101.225.x) on November 22 2019, 1:41pm
Reply on November 22 2019, 7:03pm:

Nah Comment...

Question: Do you ever get sick of having to handle REAPER without a big team ? I suppose the number of users is growing more than you ever thought
Asked by Alexandre Desroches (207.164.92.x) on November 22 2019, 5:03am
Reply on November 22 2019, 7:03pm:

Nah, big teams are more work! 1 Comment...

Question: reaper=great software!... "how do you feel about others making *money* from reaper api's etcetc?"
Asked by iamyouami (2.26.240.x) on November 20 2019, 6:02pm
Reply on November 21 2019, 4:01pm:

We're making money from using system APIs etc etc... 2 Comments...

Question: PUBG or Fortnite? =D
Asked by NoobGamer (178.62.5.x) on November 18 2019, 10:49am
Reply on November 18 2019, 8:09pm:

Haven’t played either. My picks are CoDWaW zombie mode, or RE5 mercenaries mode :) Comment...

Question: rebellion or empire? =)
Asked by iamyouami (2.25.95.x) on November 17 2019, 4:34pm
Reply on November 17 2019, 7:40pm (edited at November 17 2019, 7:41pm):

I assume you mean TV shows? Haven't seen either... Just finished Succession recently, and still watching The Good Place. Gotta watch the new seasons of TMitHC and Crown too. 3 Comments...

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